Reservoir Stimulation Optimization with Operational Monitoring for Creation of EGS

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EGS field projects have not sustained production at rates greater than half of what is needed for economic viability. The primary limitation that makes commercial EGS infeasible is our current inability to cost-effectively create high-permeability reservoirs from impermeable, igneous rock within the 3,000-10,000 ft depth range.
Our goal is to develop a novel fracturing fluid technology that maximizes reservoir permeability while reducing stimulation cost and environmental impact. Laboratory equipment development to advance laboratory characterization/monitoring is also a priority of this project to study and optimize the physicochemical properties of these fracturing fluids in a range of reservoir conditions. Barrier G is the primarily intended GTO barrier to be addressed as well as support addressing barriers D, E and I.

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TY - DATA AB - EGS field projects have not sustained production at rates greater than half of what is needed for economic viability. The primary limitation that makes commercial EGS infeasible is our current inability to cost-effectively create high-permeability reservoirs from impermeable, igneous rock within the 3,000-10,000 ft depth range. Our goal is to develop a novel fracturing fluid technology that maximizes reservoir permeability while reducing stimulation cost and environmental impact. Laboratory equipment development to advance laboratory characterization/monitoring is also a priority of this project to study and optimize the physicochemical properties of these fracturing fluids in a range of reservoir conditions. Barrier G is the primarily intended GTO barrier to be addressed as well as support addressing barriers D, E and I. AU - A., Carlos DB - Geothermal Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - 10.15121/1148805 KW - geothermal KW - fracturing fluid KW - monitoring KW - XMT KW - NMR KW - Acoustic KW - rheology KW - permeability KW - EGS KW - igneous rock LA - English DA - 2013/09/25 PY - 2013 PB - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory T1 - Reservoir Stimulation Optimization with Operational Monitoring for Creation of EGS UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148805 ER -
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@misc{GDR_Dataset_258, title = {Reservoir Stimulation Optimization with Operational Monitoring for Creation of EGS}, author = {A., Carlos}, abstractNote = {EGS field projects have not sustained production at rates greater than half of what is needed for economic viability. The primary limitation that makes commercial EGS infeasible is our current inability to cost-effectively create high-permeability reservoirs from impermeable, igneous rock within the 3,000-10,000 ft depth range.
Our goal is to develop a novel fracturing fluid technology that maximizes reservoir permeability while reducing stimulation cost and environmental impact. Laboratory equipment development to advance laboratory characterization/monitoring is also a priority of this project to study and optimize the physicochemical properties of these fracturing fluids in a range of reservoir conditions. Barrier G is the primarily intended GTO barrier to be addressed as well as support addressing barriers D, E and I.
}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/258}, year = {2013}, howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.15121/1148805}, note = {Accessed: 2025-05-28}, doi = {10.15121/1148805} }
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Data from Sep 25, 2013

Last updated May 30, 2017

Submitted Oct 17, 2013

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Carlos A. Fernandez

509.375.2121

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Carlos A.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

DOE Project Details

Project Lead William Vandermeer

Project Number FY13 AOP 25726

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